Sea Ice Observations from the Icebird V1 1989/90
These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format.
National program: Australia Vessel: Icebird Dates in ice: 4 Nov 1989 - 2 Dec 1989 Observers: Rob Kiernan, Martin Higham, others
Summary of voyage track: 4/11 Ice edge at 58d22mS, 78dE 4-10/11 Steamed SW to approx 60dE 10-23/11 Vessel stuck in pack ice near 60dE 24-28/11 Vessel steamed eastward to near 77dE (Davis station) 30/11-2/12 Vessel steamed north to ice edge at 61d33mS, 82dE
The fields in this dataset are: SEA ICE CONCENTRATION SEA ICE FLOE SIZE SEA ICE SNOW COVER SEA ICE THICKNESS SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY SEA ICE TYPE RECORD DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE OPEN WATER TRACK SNOW THICKNESS SNOW TYPE SEA TEMPERATURE AIR TEMPERATURE WIND VELOCITY WIND DIRECTION FILM COUNTER FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER VISIBILITY CODE CLOUD WEATHER CODE COMMENTS
Data and resources
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Download point for sea ice softwareHTML Open
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Download point for the data - log files, postscript files, excel files.HTML Open
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ASPECT websiteHTML Open
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Download the ASPECT Report - A Technique for Making Ship-Based Observations of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness and CharacteristicsHTML Open
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Readme file containing instructions on how to use the log files and software.HTML Open
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Citation reference for this metadata record and datasetHTML Open
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PNG Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 1989-11-04 – 1989-12-02 |
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| Date (publication) | 2001-09-07 |
| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | This metadata record is publicly available. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |